Posted on August 31, 2008 by Presidents Race Fan
Another crowd of over 30,000 fans turned out last night at Nationals Park for a fun-filled theme night and a thrilling extra-innings victory over the Atlanta Braves.
It was Washington Nationals 1970s night, and the team did a great job of extending the theme throughout the fan experience. 70s-themed music, player introductions, and [...]
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Posted on August 30, 2008 by Presidents Race Fan
Saturday night is “70’s Night” for the 2nd game of the series between the Washington Nationals’ and Atlanta Braves and the question on the minds of Nationals Park regulars is “What will Teddy wear?”
After this week’s Manny Ramirez do-rag, expectations may be high for Teddy to dress up for the occasion.
It should be a fun [...]
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Posted on August 28, 2008 by Presidents Race Fan
Manny Ramirez is showing the Nationals League what a magnet of a personality he is.
Teddy Roosevelt’s turn in a Manny Ramirez do-rag for Tuesday night’s game vs. the Dodgers received a lot of attention from bloggers and media. Among the national attention was a photo in yesterday’s Big League Stew.
Now [...]
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Posted on August 26, 2008 by Presidents Race Fan
With Manny Ramirez in town to make his Nationals Park debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Washington Nationals kicked off their nine-game homestand tonight with a Manny-inspired fourth inning tribute.
When Abe, George, Tom, and Teddy were introduced for the Nationals presidents race, Teddy Roosevelt emerged from the centerfield gates wearing a Manny Ramirez-style doo [...]
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Posted on August 26, 2008 by Presidents Race Fan
With Manny Ramirez and the Los Angeles Dodgers arriving at Nationals Park tonight for another free T-Shirt Tuesday, Nationals fans are holding out hope that the homestand which begins today can help erase their painful memories of the last two home series in which the Nationals were dominated by the Mets and Rockies.
In today’s Washington [...]
Filed under: Presidents Race | Tagged: Baltimore Orioles, Peter Angelos, Stephen Hunter, Washington Post | 5 Comments »
Posted on August 18, 2008 by Presidents Race Fan
In their last home game to be played during these 2008 Olympics, the Washington Nationals pulled out all the stops to stage an Olympics-inspired presidents race during the fourth inning Sunday at Nationals Park.
If Saturday night’s race-walk didn’t impress you, then the sight of our favorite 10-foot tall racing presidents jumping over hurdles certainly had [...]
Filed under: Presidents Race | Tagged: Abe Lincoln, Gold shoes, Hurdles, Hurdling, Michael Johnson, Olympics, Presidents Race, Relay race | 1 Comment »
Posted on August 17, 2008 by Presidents Race Fan
Last night at Nationals Park, the racing presidents honored the Olympics by running that most difficult of track events — the walk race. After it was announced that walk race rules were in effect, the racing presidents took off — slowly — in a painful demonstration of speed-walking while wearing a 10-foot costume.
Perhaps Teddy [...]
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Posted on August 16, 2008 by Presidents Race Fan
A day after clinching the presidents race title for 2008, racing president Abe Lincoln appeared to show up at Nationals Park last night intent on running up his win total no matter the cost.
Lincoln’s arrogance was on display once again as he started the race in a trot, but his attempt to put on [...]
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Posted on August 16, 2008 by Presidents Race Fan
One of the regular contributors to the Nationals Presidents Race group on photo sharing site Flickr is Arlington native Phil Yabut, a frequent visitor to Nationals Park who goes by the name philliefan99.
I recently met Phil on Teddy’s T-Shirt Tuesday at Nationals Park, and despite his unfortunate handle, this Arlington resident is obviously fond of [...]
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Posted on August 15, 2008 by Presidents Race Fan
Teddy Roosevelt took an early lead last night in the Nationals Park presidents race, but as has happened so many times this year — both to Teddy and the Nationals — he was unable to finish and speedster Abe Lincoln won handily.
Abe’s 34h victory of the season assured him of the 2008 Washington [...]
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Posted on August 13, 2008 by Presidents Race Fan
The air was thick with anticipation last night at Nationals Park as over 32,000 filled the stands for Teddy’s T-Shirt Tuesday. As Teddy Roosevelt’s faithful poured into the stadium, many were disappointed to find that the team had given out all 10,000 free “Run Teddy Run” t-shirts nearly an hour before game time.
The skies [...]
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Posted on August 12, 2008 by Presidents Race Fan
No humidity? Is this really DC in August? It appears that the weather gods will be shining on Teddy Roosevelt for tonight’s big “Run Teddy Run!” T-Shirt Tuesday at Nationals Park.
With the Washington Nationals coming off a disastrous weekend series at Miller Park in Milwaukee, what our team needs is a [...]
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Posted on August 8, 2008 by Presidents Race Fan
What a week! I was out of the country for the last Nationals homestand but you readers did a fantastic job of keeping the blog updated. My only question: Do any of you have photos of George Washington’s 7/31 take down of Thomas Jefferson?
Thanks to you, the Washington Nationals racing presidents have taken [...]
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Posted on August 5, 2008 by Presidents Race Fan
Our friends over at Home Run Derby are running a “mascot bracket” that pits major league baseball mascots against each other in a single-elimination popularity contest.
Yes, Screech may be the official team mascot, but HRD wisely chose the popular racing presidents to represent our beloved Washington Nationals.
Unfortunately, at the time of this writing, [...]
Filed under: Presidents Race | Tagged: Racing Presidents, Screech, Swinging Friar, Home Run Derby | 5 Comments »